Collecting Images & ClippingsChapter 2.3 in Sketching User Experiences: The Workbook

Collecting Images and Clippings

You are a hunter / gatherer•collect what you find•reflect on what you find•archive what you find

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Digital Archive: Files on Computer

• hard to annotate• hard to find• easy to forget

Digital Archive: Clipping Software

onenote, evernote…

Digital Archive: Blog / Website

• must be fast to enter

• text annotation easy

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Paper Archive: Folders / Shoeboxes

excellent for paper clippings & printed photos

Paper Archive: Sketchbook / Scrapbook

easy to annotate and review

Example 1: Clipping -> design

Concept: 3 colored rectangles layered atop of image

Example 1: Clipping -> design

Application: 3 colored rectangles atop of folder

Example 2: Collecting related work

All captured (and annotated) onto same pages

Exercise

Choose the media to hold your images• blog, web site…• must be rapid to upload and edit

Enter the previously collected images• leave space for annotations, other images

Annotate then• design critique• comparative images ?

Present and discuss your collection

Design Practice

Archive your many images and clippings• clipping software• Blog• sketch / scrap book• paper folders…

Critique them within your collection• Annotations• narratives• comparative images

You now know

Collecting Images and Clippings• a continual activity• develop your own collection and organization habits• Use media(s) that works for you

Works if you• gather, annotate and review your collection regularly

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